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Chapter 294 Watson District

"You have a new message from Olivia"

The information panel on the window pushed out a message prompt box, and the name of the sender was ridiculously long.

Hey~
Lying on the window frame, the wind chime covered in orange-red sunset light flicked its tail, turned its head to look at the window that suddenly made a sound, and called Zhu Jue who was sitting behind the computer desk.

"1103, broadcast information!"

Zhu Jue was copying some characters in his notes while holding a pen, and said without looking back.

"Start playing the message now: Zhu Jue, you have to get your residence card in Shuguang City before June 6. I will help you get a place for the on-site assessment by the Archaeological Association. I need time to sort out the content of the assessment. This aspect should There won't be too many problems, after all, the combat department you want to take the exam does not require much professional knowledge in archaeology."

After communicating with Olivia in Anling City, Zhu Jue, who returned to Shuguang City, thought twice, and finally decided to follow Olivia's suggestion and find a way to join the Archaeological Association.

On the one hand, Zhujue needs a channel to obtain "zero" information. It is obviously unrealistic to investigate by himself. If this kind of organization that can be wanted by the whole world can be easily found by him, they don't deserve to exist for so long.

On the other hand, Zhujue's existing abilities come from monsters that are the source of spiritual pollution. The result of enhancing his spiritual power through gems, crystals of the ancients, etc. can only make his existing abilities stronger but cannot give birth to new abilities. Obviously, it is not difficult to be satisfied, so he still wants to get in touch with more monsters that are sources of spiritual pollution. Now that the Weird Studio is gone, the Archaeological Association is undoubtedly the best choice.

After listening to Olivia's message, Zhu Jue just wrote down the date of June 6th, set a reminder for the date in the memo on the computer, and then returned all his attention to the booklet in front of him.

The Book of Dekian

Zhu Jue's initial concept of this book was roughly similar to the summoning content about the human-faced mouse and the ghoul that he had obtained. It was an unknown evil product, so although he got it, he never read it intention.

But Olivia's description of the "Taoist" and "Merlin" in the "Zero" religion made Zhu Jue realize that their abilities may not only come from the sacrifices to evil gods or those monsters that are spiritually polluted. The source of power can never be that simple.

He took out the remaining two dark purple talismans in his hand, put them on the side of the keyboard, and focused his eyes on the mysterious characters on the front of the talismans. After obtaining these two talismans, Zhu Jue communicated with the shopkeeper of Xiangfeng Restaurant, who mentioned "Secret Scripture of Seven Chapters of Xuanjun".

Therefore, Zhu Jue can conclude that this book is undoubtedly deeply entangled with the cult in Rongxia City. Now that I think about it, I am a little annoyed why I didn't stay a few days longer, but returned to Ye City impatiently. The clues from years ago are naturally impossible.

But then again, at that time Zhu Jue was not interested in these things at all, even if he knew that there was such a strange book, he probably didn't have much interest.

"Listen, sons of the earth, listen to the voice of your master, the son of the stars."

"You have to learn that there is neither height nor depth here, everything is one."

"The children of the Dark Mother fill the universe, and great wars are waged within and without them."

"This war will determine the fate of the universe, and the seeds of the gods will appear everywhere, and appear again."

The beginning of the booklet is a passage that Zhu Jue once heard from Flo, and when he personally read this passage of words that vaguely expressed some kind of mysterious information, the long-lost sense of confusion was without warning. came to his mind.

It's just that compared with five years ago, Zhu Jue's spiritual will is stronger today, and this is just a summary of Flo's knowledge gained in the dream, it is not complete, and there are even many mistakes.

Zhu Jue only read a few paragraphs and found that there were many typos in it. Obviously, Flo was in a worrying state of mind when he wrote these contents based on his own memory. He wanted to correct the typos by reliving the nightmare feeling. It is estimated that there is no interest, so many of these contents are also wrong.

"Tsk, I can't stand it anymore."

I don’t know if it’s because of typos and confusion in the booklet and I don’t know the so-called paragraphs or because of the trance feeling when reading, Zhu Jue had to give up reading after reading it for about 10 minutes, and instead took two agate stones to pass Absorb energy to keep your mind stable.

The existing content did not help Zhu Jue much. As I said before, most of the content was difficult for him to understand. Words such as "angels", "evolution", and "biology" are often used in it. appeared, but it did not help Zhu Jue to understand the book much.

Closing the booklet, he got up and walked into the studio, and put it in together with the bags of gems. Zhu Jue just took a honey-colored agate stone and stuffed it into a necklace that he ordered when he came back yesterday.

In the middle of the silver chain is a hollow iron ball. The gem is placed there, but it is worn close to the body, so that Zhujue can absorb the energy anytime and anywhere. He is going to absorb as much as possible in the next week, for that day. Prepare for a trip.

But before that, he still has work to do.

Put the prayer token belonging to Uzzah's Church on the table and one of the three coins into your pocket.

"Fengling, let's go shopping~"

Shouting towards the window sill, Feng Ling rushed over and jumped into Zhu Jue's arms.

The gentleman was on the phone. He couldn't reveal any information about Shuojin Bank, but he didn't forbid Zhujue to investigate. This prayer book and these coins themselves are a collection of information.

In order to be more or less confident in the next meeting, Zhu Jue decided to take these two things to ask someone before that.

where to?
Naturally Watson District.

Zhu Jue has inquired about the situation in various districts of Dawn City. To some extent, Watson District is a "bazaar" and "entertainment area" for the middle and lower class residents of Dawn City.

There are quite a few antique shops in this neighborhood that he is looking for.

Via Metro Line 3, take about 6 stops and go up Parakeet Avenue.

The building in front of me is very different from Zhu Jue's in Heywood District.

The entire Watson District can be said to be a gathering place for the world's diverse cultures, but while the cultures blend, it retains some of its own unique styles in some places, such as the aristocratic community here.

Don't get me wrong, the "noble" prefix in this noble community is not because of the status of some people, it is simply a name given by the people living here to improve the style.

Western restaurants, taverns, and nightclubs are the main theme here. Although the building is still tall, its style is mixed with ancient Roman and Gothic styles. For example, the bell tower that Zhu Jue is passing by now is a very representative building.

Among the passing crowd were blond men in tuxedos, and ladies in tutu skirts decorated with lace flowers. Occasionally, a group of holographic projections of men in Scottish skirts with strange musical instruments in their hands played With melodious music.

The setting sun was still hanging in the sky, and the light passed through the tall city buildings, reflected on the surface of the big red fire hydrant by the roadside, and scattered a light of unknown color.

A few unknown birds with white feathers between their wings squatted on the signboards of several nearby shops. Zhu Jue also saw that one of the signboards was left with a lump of bird droppings, hanging diagonally in the center. Together with the fluorescent light signs, they "shine brightly" under the reflection of the sunset light.

The streets here are not spacious. Although it is better than its Heywood district, it is still not as good as other urban districts that Zhu Jue saw on the Internet before. There are only three lanes, and the number of sky rail cars is no different from that of Heywood district. How many.

Probably because I haven't been out shopping with Zhu Jue for a long time, Feng Ling seemed very excited. Ever since I got out of the subway, Zhu Jue has been running around in the area around Zhu Jue, jumping on the fire hydrant for a while to pretend to be a meerkat, supporting her body with three tails , half-squatting like a human, with two little paws resting on his chest, exposing his little belly to the sunset light, and then ran to the window of a nearby western restaurant to stare at the steak on someone else's table, He had the intention of eating that steak with his eyes, and when the guests inside noticed it, he trotted back to Zhu Jue's side, passing between his striding legs, and almost let the latter rub himself into it. One fall.

Hey~
Passing by a street by chance, Feng Ling stopped suddenly, fixed his eyes on a nearby alley, shrugged his nose, and smelled blood from there.

"What's wrong. Oh, it turned out to be an underground market."

Zhu Jue took a look at the past, there are more than a dozen steps between the streets and alleys here, and there are some glass doors at the bottom. Zhu Jue, who had seen the "Strategy" before coming here, immediately recognized that it was an underground market. Entrance of the city.

Above-ground shopping mall, underground bazaar.

That's a succinct description of what's going on in Watson District in Internet forums.

Shopping malls and bazaars have similar meanings, but in many people's minds, the former is obviously more formal.

To put it simply, the above ground of Watson District is a commercial area specially open to ordinary people in Dawn City, while the underground market is specially prepared for those "special people".

The things and items sold there are also quite different from those in the above-ground shopping malls. For example, the supermarkets on the ground sell toy guns filled with plastic BB bullets, while the underground shops may sell heavy-duty sniper rifles loaded with armor-piercing bullets.
"Let's go shopping later, it's not the time yet."

The underground bazaar is not open during the day until after ten o'clock in the evening. To some extent, this is also to protect ordinary people and avoid unnecessary conflicts as much as possible.

After passing through two blocks, Zhu Jue quickly saw his destination.

(End of this chapter)